The invention of Mikhail Lomonosov : a Russian national myth /
Usitalo, Steven A,
The invention of Mikhail Lomonosov : a Russian national myth / Steven A. Usitalo. - 1 electronic resource (298 pages ). - Imperial encounters in Russian history . - Imperial encounters in Russian history. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-289) and index.
Introduction -- 1. Honor and status in Lemonosov's 'autobiography' -- 2. Russia's 'own Platos and quick-witted Newtons' : inventing the scientist -- 3. Lomonosov in the age of Pushkin -- 4. Commemorating Russia's 'first scientist' -- 5. Boris Menshutkin and the 'rediscovery' of Lomonosov -- Epilogue : afterlife of the myth.
This study explores the evolution of Lomonosov's imposing stature in Russian thought from the middle of the eighteenth century to the closing years of the Soviet period. It reveals much about the intersection in Russian culture of attitudes towards the meaning and significance of science, as well as about the rise of a Russian national identity, of which Lomonosov became an outstanding symbol. Idealized depictions of Lomonosov were employed by Russian scientists, historians, and poets, among others, in efforts to affirm to their countrymen and to the state the pragmatic advantages of science to a modernizing nation. In setting forth this assumption, Usitalo notes that no sharply drawn division can be upheld between the utilization of the myth of Lomonosov during the Soviet period of Russian history and that which characterized earlier views. The main elements that formed the mythology were laid down in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; Soviet scholars simply added more exaggerated layers to existing representations --
1618111957 9781618111951 1299954251 9781299954250 9781618116727 161811672X
526676 MIL 22573/ctt1zwtn8q JSTOR 101798 Knowledge Unlatched
2019668061
Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilʹevich, 1711-1765.
Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilʹevich, 1711-1765.
Lomonosov, Michail Vasilʹevič 1711-1765
1700-1799
Authors, Russian--18th century--Biography.
Enlightenment--Russia.
Russian literature--18th century.
Science--Russia--18th century.
Authors, Russian.
Civilization.
Enlightenment.
Russian literature.
Science.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Science & Technology.
SCIENCE--History.
HISTORY--Russia & the Former Soviet Union.--Europe
HISTORY--Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Rezeption
Kulturhistoria.
Intellektuellt liv.
Russia--Civilization--18th century.
Russia.
Biographies.
Biographies.
PG3316.Z6
509.2
The invention of Mikhail Lomonosov : a Russian national myth / Steven A. Usitalo. - 1 electronic resource (298 pages ). - Imperial encounters in Russian history . - Imperial encounters in Russian history. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-289) and index.
Introduction -- 1. Honor and status in Lemonosov's 'autobiography' -- 2. Russia's 'own Platos and quick-witted Newtons' : inventing the scientist -- 3. Lomonosov in the age of Pushkin -- 4. Commemorating Russia's 'first scientist' -- 5. Boris Menshutkin and the 'rediscovery' of Lomonosov -- Epilogue : afterlife of the myth.
This study explores the evolution of Lomonosov's imposing stature in Russian thought from the middle of the eighteenth century to the closing years of the Soviet period. It reveals much about the intersection in Russian culture of attitudes towards the meaning and significance of science, as well as about the rise of a Russian national identity, of which Lomonosov became an outstanding symbol. Idealized depictions of Lomonosov were employed by Russian scientists, historians, and poets, among others, in efforts to affirm to their countrymen and to the state the pragmatic advantages of science to a modernizing nation. In setting forth this assumption, Usitalo notes that no sharply drawn division can be upheld between the utilization of the myth of Lomonosov during the Soviet period of Russian history and that which characterized earlier views. The main elements that formed the mythology were laid down in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; Soviet scholars simply added more exaggerated layers to existing representations --
1618111957 9781618111951 1299954251 9781299954250 9781618116727 161811672X
526676 MIL 22573/ctt1zwtn8q JSTOR 101798 Knowledge Unlatched
2019668061
Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilʹevich, 1711-1765.
Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilʹevich, 1711-1765.
Lomonosov, Michail Vasilʹevič 1711-1765
1700-1799
Authors, Russian--18th century--Biography.
Enlightenment--Russia.
Russian literature--18th century.
Science--Russia--18th century.
Authors, Russian.
Civilization.
Enlightenment.
Russian literature.
Science.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Science & Technology.
SCIENCE--History.
HISTORY--Russia & the Former Soviet Union.--Europe
HISTORY--Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Rezeption
Kulturhistoria.
Intellektuellt liv.
Russia--Civilization--18th century.
Russia.
Biographies.
Biographies.
PG3316.Z6
509.2